CWEngineer
Civil/Environmental
- Jul 3, 2002
- 269
I am in the process of designing a retaining wall, where a Railroad Track might be added behind it and I wanted to determine the kind of loads I need to add behind the wall. I obtained the following statement from "Manual for Railway Engineering, Volume 2, Structures, AREMA, Not Current Version": 2.2.3 Design Loads, c. Live Load. (2) The axle loads on structures may be assumed as uniformly distributed longitudinally over a length of 3 feet, plus the depth of ballast under the tie, plus twice the effective depth of a slab, limited, however, by the axle spacing.
Would it be possible to check if this is still applicable in the current code? Would providing a 3 feet "high" uniformly distributed infinite load be adequate?
Thanks
Would it be possible to check if this is still applicable in the current code? Would providing a 3 feet "high" uniformly distributed infinite load be adequate?
Thanks